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FACT - Friends of Alum Creek and Tributaries
Volunteers working to preserve and protect the quality & beauty of the Alum Creek watershed and promote environmentally responsible recreation, educational opportunities, & citizen participation at many levels.
Columbus Recreation and Parks just advised FACT they will be hosting a volunteer effort to remove invasive honeysuckle (+winter creeper and garlic mustard) at Academy Park along the Alum Creek on June 19th from 9 to noon (276 S Nelson Rd, Columbus, OH 43205). Interested volunteers may sign up directly with them at crpd.volunteerhub.com/event/4defb747-1e9b-4112-bf26-0bb059efb619#_=_
"City parks staff and supplies will be on site. The event will focus on invasive removal, litter pick up and stream corridor restoration. Please wear closed-toed shoes and sturdy clothes (long pants/long sleeves preferred), hat and sunscreen, and bring a water bottle to stay hydrated."
FACT has done a lot of work in the Alum Creek corridor at Academy Park in the past two decades since adopting the area through Keep Columbus Beautiful for cleanup and stewardship. Our EPA-funded lowhead dam removal project in 2008 restored free flow to the river there, and restoration enhancement efforts on the creek banks up and downstream within Wolfe Park and Academy Park since then have included removal of thousands of invasive honeysuckle bushes, and planting of hundreds of native tree and shrub seedlings. Unfortunately the invasive plants are tenaciously aggressive, and energy to deal with it from the public land owner side of the equation has waxed and waned over time. The honeysuckle still has a strong foothold in the area and would require a CCC-like effort to conquer now in our region.